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Onsite midwife-led birth units (OMBUs) for care around the time of childbirth: a systematic review

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  • Qian Long Department of Reproductive Health and Research, UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Emma R Allanson Department of Reproductive Health and Research, UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, School of Women's and Infants’ Health, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jennifer Pontre King Edward Memorial Hospital, Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Özge Tunçalp Department of Reproductive Health and Research, UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • George Justus Hofmeyr Effective Care Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Walter Sisulu University and Eastern Cape Department of Health, Frere Maternity Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ahmet Metin Gülmezoglu Department of Reproductive Health and Research, UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Qian Long; longq{at}who.int
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Long Q, Allanson ER, Pontre J, et al
Onsite midwife-led birth units (OMBUs) for care around the time of childbirth: a systematic review
BMJ Global Health 2016;1:e000096.

Publication history

  • Received May 23, 2016
  • Revised July 1, 2016
  • Accepted July 4, 2016
  • First published September 2, 2016.
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May 01, 2020

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